HUDDLESTON v. HARTFORD ACC. & INDEM. CO.


858 S.W.2d 315 (1993)

Charles HUDDLESTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, and Sue Ann Head, Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, Tennessee Department of Labor Second Injury Fund, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

July 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Dunaway, LaFollette, for appellee Huddleston.

W. Mitchell Cramer and R. Franklin Norton, Knoxville, for appellee Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Dianne Stamey Dycus, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellant.


OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Justice.

The dispositive questions in this workers' compensation appeal concern the proper application of T.C.A. § 50-6-208, governing awards for the subsequent permanent injury of a worker who has sustained a previous permanent injury. The trial court found that the plaintiff, Charles E. Huddleston, was totally and permanently disabled as a result of a subsequent injury; apportioned liability for the award at 15 percent to the employer...

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